Attachment for car-roofs.



G. FRENTZEN.

-ATTAGHMENT FOR GAB. ROOFS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 10, 1913.

1,087,753. Patntea 1191.111914.

entre stratiq GEORG- FRENTZEN, OE AACHEN, GERIVIANY.

ATTACHMENT FOR, CAR-ROOFS.

poemas.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 10, 1913.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

serial No. 760,286.

To all whom it may 00a/ccm:

Be it known that l, GEORG FRENTZEN, a subject of the King of Prussia, residing at Haus lllaldheim am l Rote Haag llVeg, Aachen, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in JAttachments for Car-Roofs; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in car-roofs, especially to such car-roofs which are curved around into the side-walls of the body, such as are nowadays mostly built and which are provided with a luggage rail.

The object of the present invention is to pro-vide effective means which essentially facilitates the bringing up of articles of luggage on to such roofs and at the same time protects the varnishing of the walls, especially at the said curves against damage when bringing up the luggage. For this purpose gliding-ribs or hoops situated across the curved part of the roof, are provided for. They may be permanently fastened to the car; but they may also be lixed detachably so that they can always be applied to the car when luggage is to be brought on to or taken down from the roof. These gliding-ribs are preferably secured with their upper ends to the luggage railing and with their lower ends to suitable eyes or staples of the side-walls.

The object of invention is clearly illustrated in the accoi'npanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view illustratingl the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail rear view, and Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken through the upper corner of a car to illustrate the invention.

Referring to the drawing, the device essentially consists of bent ribs or hoops a, which overspan the curved side-walls in such a distance as to prevent the latter from being touched by luggage-articles which are shifted across the same. ln the form shown, the glide-ribs a. are hooked with their upper ends into a low luoeaoe-rail c and are fasbien;

tened with their lower ends to eyes or staples Z secured to a side-wall; the attaching of the device may, however, be performed in any other suitable manner, as for example by inserting the ends of the ribs into special sockets, by screwing, riveting or the like. The glidingtrack thus formed may be secured to thei car either permanently or may be so constructed as to be easily detachable on desire, which latter construction is shown in the drawing, where the lower eye-fastening can be released by withdrawing a pin e and the upper fastening by simply unhooking the ribs.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. In combination, a closed ear body, a rail on top of said body, and curved guides, the upper ends of the guides extending over and supported by the rail, and means for supporting the lower ends of the curved guides on the body below the plane of the top of the latter.

2. In combination, a closed car body, a rail on top of said body, a guide formed from a a single piece of metal and bent to form two parallel members, the upper ends of said members having hooks to engage the rail, a stem extending from the bottom of the guide, and a support on the body below the plane of the top thereof to receive the stem.

8. In combination, closed car body, a rail on top of the body, a pair of curved guides supported at their upper ends on the rail and extending downwardly below the plane of the top, and means common to both said guides to support the latter on the body.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORG FRENTZEN.

lllitnesses ALoYs PPERMANN, HENRY QUADFLIEG.

opiea of this patent may be obtained for :five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of :Patents:` Washington, D. C. 

